Category Writing

White Nylon

Ugoulo I remember it was a windy night. Maybe that was why I heard him before I saw him. The chilly breeze shoved his rich baritone laughter into my cramped hole as if to punish me for defying gravity; like…

Roses and Gloom

I remember the day life gave me shit. It was no ordinary day in the city of dreamers. Lagos, the city that never sleeps as she is fondly called was in a deep slumber waiting to be kissed by her…

Placelessness and the danger of settling

“When are we coming to eat rice?” This is usually the opening line from friends who I haven’t seen nor spoken to in donkey years. I’ve learned to mask my feelings with cliché answers, “Oya, come now, let me cook…

Castaway

castaway

Papa has a bible passage for everything. I’ve always wondered how they roll off his tongue so easily but when it comes to his account number or GSM line, it’s like he swallowed hot Akara. It became my assignment to…

BEEF

“Your father is a woman”. This was my mother’s way of telling my sisters and I to forgive him for his compliant role in his family’s agenda. The way she says it, you’d think being born with a vagina absolves…